Etna erupts, 4 km high cloud and restrictions at Catania airport

The phenomenon is monitored by the INGV Etna Observatory of Catania: the activity of the Sicilian volcano has generated an eruptive cloud 4 kilometers high. Catania airport remains operational but with limitations: landings are set at ten per hour until midday tomorrow. Sac, the company that manages Fontanarossa, invites passengers to check the status of their flight before going to the airport

Etna erupts again. The intense activity with ash emission underway at the summit craters of Etna, which has generated an eruptive cloud 4 kilometers high, has led to restrictions on landings at Catania airport. The airport remains operational but with an arrival limit once again set at ten movements per hour until midday tomorrow. Sac, the company that manages the Catania airport, invites passengers to check the status of their flight before going to the airport.

Vona in code red

Etna's activity is monitored by the INGV Etna Observatory of Catania which at 7 this morning issued a warning for the flight, the Vona (Volcano observatory notice for aviation), red in colour, the highest level of alert on a scale of four. The tremor, the data that evaluates the degree of rising energy of the magma in the volcanic edifice, is still at medium-low values.

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